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Sunday, 20 December 2015

Jingle All The Way

Hi Everyone, Apologies for still being behind with some of your blogs, I am still under the weather and we are also having terrible problems with our internet downloading pages and losing connection, hopefully all will be sorted soon. This is our last Challenge of the year atThat Craft Place and I am super excited to showcase some of Lisa's amazing
Bespoke MDF for my DT project. All links on my sidebar.

It has been a few years since I have made an extra
special project for my much loved parents so this is a Christmas Present that
has had hours of love poured into every detail for them.

With everyone so busy at this time of year I thought I
would just show you around my Christmas Scene, which my Husband has taken all
these amazing pictures for me.

As you can see I painted the runners of my sleigh, then
stamped and heat embossed Gold onto them for added texture and went around the
perimeter rubbing in Gilding Wax.

Next my papers were glued in place sanding around the
edges to make neat. I then gave it all a coat with DecoArt Gloss Varnish.

A view inside my sleigh.

For my images I added Chunky white embossing powder, I then
mounted the images onto cereal box packaging and dipped into my embossing
powder to form a frame.

Some cheesecloth coloured and dried with my heat gun,
this makes it lovely and stiff and I added it behind my images.

A view of one of the finished sides.

I glued two Reindeer together for added stability.

My MDF words and die cuts were all heat embossed with
different colours of glitter embossing powders.

My Tree was from Tim Holtz and I sprayed it with Distress Sprays,
once dry I added Glossy Accents and Distress Glitter. Finishing off with a
star, tinsel and bells threaded together.

My Santa Sack was stitched to form a sack adding
Polystyrene packing peanuts to the inside. A ribbon and embellishments to the
outside and a couple of labelled Candy Canes for my Mum and Dad.

I tore corrugated cardboard back in areas to reveal the
corrugation and gave a coat of gesso and added on some Cheesecloth and glued
onto my plinth of wood. I wanted this to look like a very old Cobbled Street.

Next was to add my cobbles using a brick stencil along
with DecoArt Sand Texture Paste that I added a little black paint too. I
scattered over glitter and chunky white embossing powder. Once dry heat set in
place.

Finally lots of Flower Soft Snow was added. Gilding wax was added to the feet and around the edges of the plinth.

My Snowman was originally a cheap wooden Snowman tree decoration. I covered his body in Snowtex and added a Paper Clay Carrot for
his nose, along with a stamped sign.

Santa was made by using .... Ha Ha fooled you ..... bought from a Christmas shop !

The reverse side of the sleigh.

The rear of my sleigh.

Some angled shots.

The reindeer's collars.

If there is anything else you would like to know about my post please
email me or leave a comment and I'll get back to you when I can.

45 comments:

WOUW Julie, this is Spectaculair!! You did great work and I love the Shabby style en all the snow and texture pasta, so many lovely details....super!!!I wish you also a Merry, merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,,,I'll be back next year that's for sure!!! Hugs Gerie

WOW! Absolutely FABULOUS Juliz! They are going to LOVE (and cherish) this filled with love project! Great job! Thanks so much for playing in our ‘WINTER’ challenge at Dies R Us! Please come back again soon!

soo beautiful and gorgeous with all the lovely details, fabulous!I wish you and your family a happy Christmas and a good start to a successful and healthy new year!!! Many thanks for all your ideas and inspirations this year! Hugs, Kerstin xx

You transported me to a beautiful wintry scene with sleigh bells twinkling and the crunch of the crisp white snow. I am in complete awe as I study all the precious details of this creation. Your parents must be incredibly proud of their talented daughter.Here's to you feeling better soon.WishesLynne x

Oh wow Julie, absolutely AMAZING!!! I can just see the amount of work that has gone into this, but worth every minute! The details, from the cobbled street to that delightful snowman are just amazing! I bet your parents are gong to adore this!! Stunning photos too, well done Chris!!! Merry Christmas to you and yours!!

Well what in tarnation! This is gobsmackigly, stunningly amazeballs! Ohhhhhh I just love everything about this. Where to start as I am dazed and awed by your creation. That sack-how scrumdidilyumptious! So thoughtful to add your parents names to the candy canes. You almost had me at the Santa-I was thinking polymer Clay? Hehehe! That tree is so fun and festive and genius idea to sting the bells! Loves this, loves this! I hope you feel better! ~Niki

I am a little stuck for words Julie, this is incredibly beautiful - I loved seeing how you brought it all together, your attention to detail is superb and what a glorious result! The Santa looks so realistic too - a great find. Chris is a wonderful photographer too! A totally stunning creation, perfect in every way! I hope you and Chris have a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Hugs, Anne xxx

What an absolute delight Julie! So very beautifully crafted with exquisite attention to detail. Your parents will treasure it. WIshing you a very Happy and peaceful Christmas and may 2016 bring you health and happiness in abundance. Nicola x

Oh Wow Julia, You totally transported me back to my childhood, thank you I love everything about your project... Thank you for joining in on our challenge over at Creative Artiste's Mixed Media Challenge.. Good Luck and we hope to see you again soon...

AMAZING!!! I want the sack! I have been drooling over this on social media. Finally I am here to see in all its grandeur. Simply stunning... Thanks for sharing with us at Emerald Creek Dares, Cheers Nicole

Congratulations Julie, on winning our Challenge over at Creative Atiste challenge Blog...Please pop over to see how to collect your prize...http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.com.au/HugsRhonda xxx

A complete and utter delight, Julie - you can see your dollshouse history in this one! Firstly, what a splendid Father Christmas - much nicer than lots of the ones you see. Then on to your marvellous sleigh - so beautifully papered, and I love the addition of the vintage images. Brilliant sack bulging with gifts, and I love the snowy corrugated base board. Altogether fabulous! I'm only sorry I'm so late catching up with it.Alison xx

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I'm married to Chris my soulmate and have 2 grown up girls, Chris does the photography and computer side of my blog. I enjoy making cards, 3D projects, upcycling and altered art. You will see a wide interest of medias used on my blog, I love using dies, paints, inks and media pastes. I am currently a DT member for Cheery Lynn Designs, Craft Consortium and Cherish the Memory. I look forward to getting to know you in Blogland

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